English
natal
Natal comes from Classical Latin nātālis, from nāscor ‘to be born’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōrreconstructed
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Classical Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātusperfect active participle of nāscor
- Classical Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātālis
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500natal‘native, one’s own’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987natal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōrreconstructed
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Classical Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātusperfect active participle of nāscor
- Classical Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnātālis
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500natal‘native, one’s own’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987natal
Earliest quotation: 1987, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari: “The constituents of the nation are a land and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’
kind, general, king, german, engine, generation, gender, genuine, gene, nation, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, indigenous, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, ingenious, germ, gentile, genital, gens, puny, glycogen, genteel, gingerly, genitive, jaunty, genial, azadi, nomen, janata, cognate, estrogenic, naïveté, 105 more
through Classical Latin nāscor ‘to be born’
nature, pregnant, innate, nascent, renate, 10 more
through Classical Latin nātus
natural, native, naive, nee, nada, naïve, nativity, 8 more
through Classical Latin nātālis
Another origin of natal
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*not-‘rear, buttock’uncertain
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnatis‘rump’
- Englishtodaynatal
Today it means
adj Of or relating to birth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / natal